81R4164 CAS-D
By: Marquez H.B. No. 837
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the deadline for a school district to file a complaint
concerning a student who fails to attend school without excuse.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.0951(a), Education Code, as amended
by Chapters 908 (H.B. 2884) and 984 (S.B. 1161), Acts of the 80th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is reenacted and amended to
read as follows:
(a) If a student fails to attend school without excuse on 10
or more days or parts of days within a six-month period in the same
school year, a school district shall within 14 [10] school days of
the student's 10th absence:
(1) file a complaint against the student or the
student's parent or both in a county, justice, or municipal court
for an offense under Section 25.093 or 25.094, as appropriate, or
refer the student to a juvenile court in a county with a population
of less than 100,000 for conduct that violates Section 25.094; or
(2) refer the student to a juvenile court for conduct
indicating a need for supervision under Section 51.03(b)(2), Family
Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.